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Creative G C

Security Engineer

herndon, VA

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Creative G C lists this Security Engineer opportunity in herndon, Virginia. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

Job Details:

Title: Security Engineer

Location: Remote (Herndon, VA)

Duration: 12 Months Contract

Clearance:

Able to obtain MBI Clearance

Job Summary:

Monitor systems for abnormal activity.

Analyze alerts, distinguish threats from false positives, and categorize incidents by risk.

Lead incident response: containment, eradication, recovery, post-incident analysis, documenting steps.

Optimize detection capabilities: refine alert thresholds, tune SIEM rules, integrate new data sources, and reduce false positives.

Compile weekly/monthly reports on incident trends, threat activity, and security posture for internal stakeholders.

Actively participate in team meetings, threat intel reviews, and cross-departmental syncs.

Required Skills:

5+ yrs security engineering for a FedRAMP or FISMA Moderate system in an AWS GovCloud environment.

Hands-on UiPath architecture experience: Orchestrator, attended/unattended robots, Assets and Credential Stores, queues, and robot host builds.

Design and implementation of service account models, credential vaulting, RBAC, separation of duties, and session/audit logging.

Applied NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 Moderate controls in build decisions across the AC, AU, CM, IA, and SC families.

STIG/CIS hardening, vulnerability scanning, patch and configuration management.

Secure SDLC and code review of automation workflows and scripts.

Ability to translate engineering decisions into control language for the A&A team.

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Worksite address

herndon, VA, 22070, US

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